[danielf]

Originally Posted by Pierre

I'm quite aware of that.

That still leaves 33hrs from a normal working week.

+ extra study hours that I would expect a dedicated person to undertake.

Which in my opinion leaves plenty of time to do course work and seek gainful employment.

Actually, I'd say that 10 hours of lectures a week is quite a lot if you're serious about preparing for them. That doesn't mean you can't spend some time working (as I'm sure many students do), but certainly not 30/33 hours.